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#BirdOfTheDay | #TexturedPlumage #GreenWingedTeal

Enjoying a late autumn float on The Pool at Central Park #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #wildnyc

h/t @helenbennett.bsky.social
Headshot of a duck looking left in the frame. His dark bill offsets a rusty head with bright green swatch from the eye to the nape. His patterned body is full of stripes.
November 7, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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The bird or the background, which is more beautiful?

#birdphotography #greenwingedteal #wildnyc #birdsofnewyork
A Green-winged Teal hen is stretching to expose white wingpits and colorful body feathers. However, the key feature is the late autumn reflection of yellow and brown leaves on the surface of the pond.
November 7, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay | #Ducks&GeeseInFlight | #CanadaGoose

This color photo shows geese against the glare of winter. #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #nycwild #centralparknyc

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October 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay | #Black&White | #BlackandWhiteWarbler

Shot in color, this photo required the least amount of B&W conversion. #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #centralpark
A black and white Black-and-white Warbler is perched on a black and white tree trunk.
October 1, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay | #Borbs alt #Brown | #WinterWren

Look at the dinky little tail on this brown borb! #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #wildnyc
A Winter Wren stands in the snow on the back of a wooden bench, facing left in full profile. This bird is a round mound of brownd.
September 25, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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#BirdOfTheDay | #Redheads | #RedHeadedWoodpecker

An immature woodpecker is just getting started on the plumage transition to a full head of red feathers. #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #centralpark
September 22, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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#BirdOfTheDay | #AngryBirds | #commongrackle

Even when they are all dolled up with perfect lighting, grackles still look angry. #birdsofnewyork #wildnyc #birdphotography
A Common Grackle perches on a small branch, facing the camera. Usually appearing black, this grackle is enjoying a ray of sunshine bringing out bronzes, blues, purples, browns, and more.
September 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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#BirdoftheDay alt | #Black&White | #blackandwhitewarbler

I went with the alt theme! Black-and-white Warbler from many Aprils ago. #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #centralpark
September 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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The #BirdOfTheDay theme today: #StrikeAPose — Birds caught in a particularly photogenic pose.

I was only months into my birding pastime when this happened. I knew it was special but it has never been replicated. #redtailedhawk #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #wildnyc #centralpark
A hawk entered the scene flying over my shoulder from the rear, landed on a nearby fence, turned, raised its wings, and posed.
August 17, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Warblers, any warbler. From the archives comes a Cape May Warbler on a giving bush in Central Park.

#capemaywarbler #birdsofnewyork #wildnyc #birdphotography
A warbler perches on a branch dotted with little flowers. There are smudges of pollen on the bird's bill.
August 14, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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Didja ever notice how New York pigeons have Wicked colors? #BirdsOfNewYork #nyc #DUMBO
Pigeon with iridescent green and pink neck and breast feathers Pigeon with iridescent green neck and breast feathers Pigeon with pink breast feathers
October 28, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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I'd never seen a wild turkey in Manhattan before #BirdsOfNewYork
Wild turkey in Batteey Gardens
October 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Today's chosen #BirdOfTheDay theme is #OverTheRainbow: any bird looking up. Instead, I post a photo of a 12-spotted Skimmer looking down. #greenheron #birdphotography #nycwild #birdsofnewyork
A dragonfly flies over a Green Heron, which does mental math to determine if the insect is within z-o-o-o-o-p range. It is not and no beast was harmed at this time.
August 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
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I wouldn't stick my tongue into a hole I just created in a rotting log. Would you? #redbelliedwoodpecker #bird #birdphotography #birdsofnewyork #centralpark
March 31, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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Springtime American Robin in the park

#bird #birdphotography #americanrobin #wildnyc #birdsofnewyork
Headshot of a male Robin, looking left in the frame Facing away from the camera while stretching back to preen, a robin tugs their tail feather.
March 30, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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Springtime Blue Jays in the park

#bird #birdphotography #bluejay #wildnyc #birdsofnewyork
A Blue Jay leans toward the right, holding a bee in its bill A Blue Jay perches on a small twig, facing left with its crest down
March 29, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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If @birdsofnewyork goes down too, I'll be really sad all around : /
November 18, 2024 at 4:11 AM
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Without fail as soon as I burn a new cd with all the @birdsofnewyork songs I have on it, they release a new one leaving my copy incomplete
November 18, 2024 at 4:06 AM
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Barred Owl, colored pencils, Watercolor, and ink on a book page from 1914.
#birdsofnewyork #birdillustration #owlart
February 2, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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Had this surprise visitor this morning. Merlin said it's a juvenile Cooper's Hawk. Any bird experts that can confirm this?

#birdsofnewyork #birdsofqueens #hawk #birdofprey #wildlifephotography
A Hawk perches on the branch of a tree, silhouetted against a snowy white background, framed and partly obscured by twigs, and framed above by a lichen-covered large branch. It's facing the camera, and we can see its yellow claws gripping the branch, its white and brown mottled breast turned towards the camera, and it's head turned in 3/4 view. A Hawk perches on the branch of a tree, silhouetted against a snowy white background, framed and partly obscured by twigs, and framed above by a lichen-covered large branch. It's turned in 3/4 view, slightly hunched forward, facing directly towards the camera, alert, as if ready to take flight. A Hawk is swooping head-first towards the viewer with an intense look, its face framed by a halo of gold-tipped grey-brown feathers, wings and tail out-spread and slightly out of focus, silhouetted against snowy white and framed by a tangle of slender branches.
February 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Check out this dapper tufted titmouse enjoying a snack at the Shawangunk Grasslands! Love that crested look and that big eye 🥹. #birds #usbirds #tuftedtitmouse #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #naturephotograhy #shawangunkgrasslands #nature #birdlover #hudsonvalley #birdsofnewyork
A tufted titmouse hangs on a rope attached to a tree trunk. It has a shelled sunflower seed in its mouth, and its crest is up. Youcan see it's white belly and the bit of tan under its wing. Also it has a big adorable black eye which these little song birds are known for.
February 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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This chickadee is showing us how to do winter right! Fluff those feathers, find a cozy spot, and sing a song. 😂 Warmer days are coming! #blackcappedchickadee #wintermood #staycozy #lifehacks #birdlife #hudsonvalley #birdsofnewyork #birds #birding #birdphotography
A black-capped chickadee borbin on a branch during the winter.
January 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM